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Paque Wins Thriller At Thunderhill
By Greg Aregoni
June 18th, 2005; Sturgeon Bay, WI- Three-time track champion in the IMCA
Stockcars, Craig Paque, of Algoma, won his first feature win of the season.
Paque’s feature win had six different leaders. Econo Foods was the night’s
sponsor with $1.00 hamburgers.
The Wulf Brother’s IMCA Stockcar feature event had six different leaders
throughout the race. Larry Karcz led the opening five laps, until he was taken
over by Ben Kroll. Greg Gretz led a lap, only to have Jeff Vlies immediately
take over and lead the next lap. Charlie Kroll and Craig Paque then made the
pass on Vlies to take the top two spots. On lap 12, Charlie Kroll blew his
motor, turning the lead to Craig Paque. With three laps to go Ben Kroll made a
move to the high-side. The top two swapped spots until the white flag flew.
With Paque down low, Ben Kroll kept his car on the top side. At the finish
line, Paque edged Ben Kroll by 1/2 car length. Rounding out the top 5 were
Gretz, Vlies, and Gregorich. "It was nice to win my first feature of the
season. I hope the fans liked the burnouts I did in front of the
grandstand." Craig Paque’s reaction to his win. Heat winners earlier in
the evening where Karcz, Vlies, and Jamie Suchocki.
Roger Laviolette led the opening laps of the Mays Sport Center IMCA Hobby
Stock main event, until Tom Brumlic took the lead on lap 3. He used the high
line to get around Laviolette and then set sail. The battle for second was
between Laviolette, Tony Schlei, and Eddie Anschutz. Brumlic continued to
dominate, and won his first feature win of the season. Laviolette finished
second. Anschutz made a last corner pass to finish third over Schlei. When
asked how he knew the high side was the fastest he responded, " It looked
like there was some good traction on top so I decided to use it." He also
responded, "Tony Schei helped me set-up my car this week and it really
helped." Heat winners where Jeff Lautenbach and Brandon Peterson.
Anthony Herbst led the opening four laps of the Budweiser IMCA Modified A
Main, until Randy Lemieux Jr. took over on lap 4. Lemieux continued to lead
through a series of cautions, which fell midway through the race. On the
restart, Matthias and Siefert stayed on the back bumper of Lemieux. Lemieux
was able to pull away with on the bottom side of the track. With six laps to
go, Matthias caught Lemieux and threw the car into turn one. Matthias went too
low and clipped a tire in turn two. Siefert then attempted to pass down low,
but Lemieux was too tough. Lemieux went on to win his first feature of the
season, followed by Siefert, Eric VanIten and Todd Dart. "The track was
really fast down low. Matthias gave me one heck of a run. It was nice to win
my first feature win of the season." Lemieux’s response to his win.
Heat winners where Anthony Herbst, Scott Derenne, and Jared Siefert.
Todd Polster led the opening laps of the Dairy Queen Street Stock feature. Von
Eytcheson and Aaron Thornton gave chase behind Polster. Eytcheson made a pass
on Polster on lap 4, only to have Polster come back down low. Polster
re-gained the lead and pulled away by 3 car-lengths. Polster continued to
lead, and won the 15 lap feature event. Polster was followed at the checkers
by Eytcheson, Thornton and Jeremy Wiitala. "Von was really fast along
with Thornton. I just hugged the tires, knowing they couldn’t get around me
down low. I didn’t think there was enough grip on the high-side to make the
pass." Todd Polster on his second feature win of the season.
Tyler Smith took the lead after contact with Kenny Malcore, Kip Burlo and Tom
Zastow on lap 2. The four cars entered turn one; Malcore got into Zastrow and
almost spun Smith around. "I really thought I was going around. It was so
much fun racing four wide for the lead. The track was really good for racing
like this." Tyler Smith’s response when asked about the contact while
he was making the pass for the lead. Smith continued to lead and won his
second Door County Motorsports 4 cylinder feature in a row. He was followed at
the checkers by Malcore, and Burlo.
This Wednesday Night is the USMTS special at Thunderhill Raceway. Forest
County Potawatomi and WAPL will be the nights sponsors. Next Saturday Nights
sponsor is Dairy Queen; which will be a $5.00 admission night. Racing will
begin at 6 p.m. on both nights. Thunderhill’s website is www.racethunderhill.com
20 lap Budweiser IMCA Modified Feature- 1. Randy Lemieux Jr., Sturgeon
Bay 2.Jared Siefert, Green Bay 3. Eric VanIten, Green Bay 4. Todd Dart, Algoma
5. Brian Drexler, Oshkosh
10 lap Consi- Paul Parker, Kaukana
10 lap Heats- #1 1.Anthony Herbst, Green Bay 2.Lemieux
#2 1.Scott Derenne, Luxemburg 2. Dart
#3 1.Siefert
18 lap Wulf Brothers IMCA Stockcar Feature- 1.Craig Paque, Algoma 2.
Ben Kroll, Luxemburg 3. Jeff Vlies, Kewaunee 4. Greg Gretz, Kewaunee
12 lap Consi- Eugene Gregorich, Kewaunee
10 lap Heats- #1 1. Larry Karcz Jr, Pulaski 2. Don Aregoni, Sturgeon Bay
#2 1. Vlies 2. Cory Cochart
#3 1. Jamie Suchocki, Kewaunee 2. Matt Junio, Casco
15 lap Mays Sport Center IMCA Hobby Stock Feature- 1.Tom Brumlic,
Denmark 2. Roger Laviolette, Sturgeon Bay 3. Eddie Anschutz, Algoma 4. Tony
Schlie, Zion, ILL
10 lap Heats #1 1. Brandon Peterson, Sturgeon Bay 2. Derek Moede, Casco
#2 1.
Jeff Lautenbach, Sturgeon Bay 2. Marcus Moede, Casco
15 lap Dairy Queen Street Stock Feature- 1. Todd Polster, Bailey’s
Harbor 2. Von Eytcheson, Forestville 3. Aaron Thornton, Forestville 4. Jeremy
Wiitala, Green Bay
10 lap Heats #1 1.Wiitala,
#2 1.
Eytcheson 2. Thornton
10 lap Door County Motorsports 4 cylinder feature- 1. Tyler Smith,
Luxemburg 2. Kenny Malcore, Milwaukee 3. Kip Burlo, Sturgeon Bay
10 lap Heat- 1. Smith 2. Malcore
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